Pack your bags Roy

[badpiggy]

I have a suspicion that most people on here who are complaining the loudest about how useless/disorganised/indecisive FSG/NESV are, have probably never had to make a single decision of any consequence in their lives. In fact I'd say they probably struggle to decide between boiled or fried rice for their Sunday night takeaway every single time.

Now obviously this leaves it open for every person coming on and claiming to be brain surgeons or Field Marshalls in Iraq or Red ****in Adair who make life or death decisions every waking minute but there is a possibility that our level of disappointment and frustration at the moment is boiling over into ignoring the nature of the decisions that FSG want to take and the way in which they want to take them. Undoubtedly there are faults in how they are publicly handling the situation but hopefully those faults will be rectified by how things are being done privately. They seem to have a huge level of respect from Baseball fans in the US so my hope is that all this will be forgotten when our new CEO, new manager, new system and new players are all up and running in the next few months. I'll take survival and no more than that in the PL as a down-payment on better times.

I say this as someone who felt that Rafa had to go at the end of last season as it seemed obvious to me that something was irretrievably broken and was willing to give Roy the benefit of the doubt at the start and who also believes the appointment of Comolli to be a step in the wrong direction.

I’m heartened by those coming on here advocating a bit of patience because the level of anger some are experiencing is unsustainable.

[badpiggy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...on-stays-quiet

[ntto]

Unfortunately, i am at work. Double gaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!

given the amount of time you spend posting i thought you didnt have a job!

or else you sold tvs.....

[wavydavy]

Willhill: Next PL Manager to get the bullet: Bodge 6/1 ON!

[Suarez]

I just got off the phone to a mate who lives near a few of the players and he says that everyone on est knows nothing about whats going on.

I have no reason to doubt him as he doesnt tell lies.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

One of you guys?

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/01/07/2294537/punter-puts-2000-bet-on-roy-hodgson-to-be-sacked-as

[Buzzo]

From RAWK. Balanced, no ITK claims.

Posted this in the Roy Leaves Melwood thread, but probs better in here.

Right, we all need to take a moment and breath.
Hodgson is as good as gone as you can be without actually being gone.
NESV/FSG are listening to the fans, they showed that the first day after the club was sold. They didnt have to do that, they did not have to do the phone in special, but they did. They havent made any promises and they havent conducted media frenzied press conferences to announce themselves. You can tell a lot about them from those examples alone.

They will act in the best interests of the fans and the club. They acknowledge that results are not good enough but they need to ensure any big decisions they make are done with a clear, subjective mind.
Knee Jerk decisions like sacking Roy after the first game they attended would not of boded well for the future.

They have a hell of a lot to deal with at the moment and would not of seen this coming at all when they first purchased the club.
They have been as open and honest as they can so far and there is nothing to suggest they will change that.
I appreciate its all very frustrating but lets give them the space and time to make a good, informed decision.

So please refrain from tweeting and emailing them , it will do no good and will only serve to get in the way of their work and efforts.

These are very intelligent people who know what they are doing and who will know how to approach these kind of issues.
Patience is paramount.

As for the Utd match ?
Well, its an FA Cup tie, the players will be pumped and out to prove a point, and the nature of the game means its anybodies to win. Forget recent form because it becomes irrelevant the minute the match starts. Get behind the lads and shout it from the roof tops.

Everything else will take care of itself.

[Assassin]

Willhill: Next PL Manager to get the bullet: Bodge 6/1 ON!

The way things are going Ancelotti will go first

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The way things are going Ancelotti will go first

Fergie...

[peekay]

YouTube - Roy Hodgson: Motivation Man

Is that your work Shaggy
Brilliant, truly brilliant

[malg]

I still think he'll be here till the summer, he'll be given the chance with whichever new players are bought this month to prove himself.

Maybe i'm just being overly pessimistic, it's how i feel right now about the whole thing, if he was about to be sacked..or had been, and this was his last game, they would just let Sammy Lee take over for one or two games or so if that's all they intended keeping Bodge on for, after making the decision to sack him.

Yep sadly I think he will take us thru to the summer and I expect a relegation fight,and at the end if we survive he will claim a great season success.

[el matador]

NESV have decided to get rid of roy. The only reason he hasnt been fired already is that we dont have anyone else lined up yet who has the experience of handling such a big club, with huge pressures and expectations and with a seriously alienated dressing room.

there was some truth in the shaggy's post which was copied from rawk. Damien comolli has been pushing didier deschamps but he's reluctant to leave mid season. They dont want to give it to kenny because he is seen as a last resort. Owen coyle has also been mentioned.

We wont get someone like mourinho or a stellar name. they want low profile but high promise.

My personal take on the kenny thing is that NESV dont want give kenny the job because if results improve dramatically, there is no way the fans would accept another manager being brought in.

They want a young manager with new ideas, a willingness to take on advice from them and their advisors (ie comolli) combined with experience of the english league (not necessarily managing) but experience of managing a champions league team.

Rangnick is available for the moment but im not sure if he would consider a short term appointment especially when theyve got deschamps lined up in the summer.

[souliv]

FAO el matador is this your opinion or have you received information ?

Also is Monday looking like being when he will be sacked as others are suggesting

[little dave hedgehog]

roy did not decide to do a video preview for .tv instead of the normal presser. he ALWAYS does these previews. the presser was just straight up canceled, however people are trying to spin it.

[Craig_H]

I believe is was somthing to do with the referees in the premier league all been pro united and anti-Liverpool and they were fixing all our games and nothing to do with the fact that they have just being better that us for a while now, manager wise, owner wise, player wise......

I now want it changed to- "I believe Craig H was a Wasp in a former life"

I dont think they're 'pro united' and 'anti liverpool' or fixing things

I do think, however, that referees know that United games are always under the spotlight, and as such, especially at Old Trafford, they do not want to be splashed across the back pages for having ****ed something up and ruined United's chances in a game. Likewise, they know if they piss ferguson off, he'll make a ****ing mountain out of it and the ref concerned probably wont referee Man Utd again for a good few years, at Ferguson's insistance.